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This video was created using an iMovie template. It features the Deputy Head Mr Krigstein engaged reading Peter Pan. It was played at the K-6 Book Week Assembly and was a huge success. A big thank you to Mr Krigstein for being so obliging. The images are from the following books: Peter Pan J.M. Barrie, Illustrated […]

The CBCA Book Week theme Escape to Everywhere has encouraged a lot of discussion with children about what happens when we read, how do we escape with a book, and what are the books we love to escape with. Books featured: A Child of Books by Oliver Jeffers and Sam Winston Return by Aaron Becker Book by David Miles […]

The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book Week 2017 theme Escape to Everywhere opens many opportunities to connect with literature and have fun. In addition to the Missing Book Character Poster activity planned for students in P-2 we are planning a writing reflection activity for Grades 3-4. The task encourages students to engage with a […]

I am looking forward to Term 3 to share and explore the Children’s Book Week Short list books and exploring the theme Escape to Everywhere. A few weeks ago I wrote about a rabbit visiting the school library and a missing rabbit poster I spotted which inspired an idea! This idea has now come to a […]

Inspired by a QR Code Treasure Hunt at EduTECH, with the prize a new car (no I did not win even though I spent time hunting for codes) I have created a Book Week – Escape to Everywhere QR Code Treasure Hunt linked to the Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Shortlist Younger Readers and Picture Book […]

Earlier this week a Year 4 class entered the library extra quietly with a new class member – a rabbit. The gorgeous rabbit had been found on the road outside the school, lucky for him he was promptly adopted by Year 4 and spent the day at school. During his library visit he was very inquisitive and […]

Four Kindergarten classes visit the Library each week, we share a story and the children have time to browse, borrow and enjoy the books. During Term 3 the classes were introduced to Children’s Book Week and the six Shortlist books.

Over the past weeks, Year 2 has been exploring the Early Childhood Shortlist Picture Books during their Library lesson. It has been wonderful reading the six shortlist books to Year 2, in fact I read so many books in one week (23 classes a week K-5) that my voice stopped working. Lucky for me and the children […]

From the start of Term 3, Year 1 has had one of the Early Childhood Picture Books read to them during their Library lesson. As a class group we have been thinking about the main character in each book and doing the Thinking Routine Step Inside – what does the main character see, what does the main […]

Kindergarten – Early Childhood Shortlist From the start of Term 3, Kindergarten has had one of the Early Childhood Picture Books read to them during their Library visit. Once the six books have been read each student will vote for their favourite book by placing a star on the K-2 2016 Book Week voting chart. For […]